1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to 
1.3 	the Duluth airports.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. DULUTH AIRPORTS.
 1.6 	$6,619,000 is appropriated from the state airports fund to the commissioner of 
1.7 	transportation for a grant to the Duluth Airport Authority to provide the federal match to 
1.8 	design and construct runway infrastructure at the Duluth International and Sky Harbor 
1.9 	Airports in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 360.017. For the purposes of this 
1.10 	paragraph, the commissioner may waive the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.11 	360.305, subdivision 4, paragraph (b). This appropriation may be used in part or in whole 
1.12 	to reimburse the grantee for costs of the projects already paid for. This appropriation is 
1.13 	available when the commissioner of management and budget determines that resources 
1.14 	sufficient to complete the project have been committed to it, as required by Minnesota 
1.15 	Statutes, section 16A.502.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.